The grumpy older husband played by Alan Arkin in “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” was loosely based on director Rebecca Miller‘s legendary playwright father, Arthur Miller, her actor-husband Daniel Day-Lewis revealed. He told us, “There’s definitely a bit of her father in the Alan Arkin character.” He plays Herb Lee, a likable but acerbic publisher who’s had three heart attacks and three wives. Miller was married to childhood sweetheart Mary Slattery, Marilyn Monroe and Inge Morath.